Update on R2cornell Curation Project

Much has happened in a week since my last publication. First, I would like to thank all of you who were supportive in the dilemma I found myself. I was upset because of the theft, and the small amount of negativity that came my way. The positive support definitely outweighed the negative. So, that is what I hold on to. It is not the first time in the last 6 or 7 years that some have tried to prove I was something other than who I am and what I am about. I have never understood it because I am not that way.

This positive support I received has led me to reconsider what I am doing with the curation project here on Blurt. I have been offered many suggestions and some I "took to heart". I have decided to continue the project, albeit on a slightly smaller scale. At this moment I am considering only two curation accounts. I am not sure which accounts yet, but will announce it when we are getting closer. I may be able to have one account begin curation in a couple of weeks. Possibly even in a week, although with less voting power than there will be eventually.

I am in the process of powering down accounts and moving Blurt to a new account. In the new account I am powering-up the Blurt received and will be delegating to the curation accounts. This is the part of the process that is going to take some time.

With the Power-Down I AM NOT SELLING BLURT! In fact I bought back some of the blurt I previously sold. I was even able to buy back at a lower price than I sold. After that the Blurt price started moving as BTC fluctuated. Some I may not buy back for a while. Some never got sold but were sent to lesser known Blurt accounts, from the exchanges I use. I am day-trading (not with Blurt) with the funds raised. Maybe I can earn some of the loss back in terms of USD.

The curators that have been with me for a while now, want to return to curating on Blurt. Some were with me before the creation of Blurt, and possibly before the creation of Hive.

I want to address an issue that comes up on all the platforms. This issue has to do with curation projects being on all 3 platforms. Steemit and Hive were down-sized considerably since the creation of Blurt. I kept a presence on those two platforms for two reasons: first is that there are many users on all three platforms who get little to no support, and the curation projects help them get established and earn some. Second is that the curators want to be able to earn what they can on all the platforms.

It is usually those with plenty of voting power on a given platform that get upset over this. Most of us know the down-voting issue on Steemit and Hive. Thankfully we do not have that issue on Blurt. I have done my best to keep an open mind as to why someone is on any of the platforms, and sometimes on all three. It usually comes down to the desire to earn. It does not take much forethought to understand that they need the earnings to supplement their household income. Instead of being upset with them and blocking them out, give them enough support and they will abandon the other platforms. I thought anger issues were a Hive, and somewhat Steemit thing, and not a Blurt thing.

Enough said for one post. I wanted to be able to share a few photos in addition to passing on information.

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Photographs/Fotografías

My cover photo is one of the roses I planted for my late wife's memorial service. It was her wish to have her ashes fertilize some roses. I bought this rose through the mail, and never paid attention to its name. My focus was on a rose that I knew my wife would like. I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived and I saw the name of it: "Falling in Love". I shed more than a few tears over that.

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This next photo is of the same rose.

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The next photo is of a fern that my wife took care of (20 years) until she did not have the strength. I took over the care and I am determined to keep it going for another 20 years.

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This final photograph is of a project that my wife started a few years ago. I continue to take care of it. She was fascinated with elephants and has a huge collection of them. I even bought a painting that was completed by an elephant in a sanctuary in Thailand. The elephant was not trained, it was offered the means to paint and has created many beautiful paintings.

The larger white rock behind the elephant figurine is a quartz rock that my wife and I found on one of our first camping trips to the mountains. We kept all these years.

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I normally use a Canon EOS Rebel T5 for most photographs, except where noted. I do have an older PowerShot Canon digital camera that I use from time to time. I do take some photographs with my Samsung Note 10 smart phone and include them from time to time.

Photographs in this publication have not been published elsewhere. They were edited for centering and cleanup just prior to creating this publication. Other similar photos of the same flower or item may have been used elsewhere but for this publication I used unique photographs.

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This brings us to the end of this publication. I trust you will find the information helpful in clarifying what I am now doing.

It looks like my full retirement may come as early as February. I still have one disabled lady I am caring for. I am in the process of changing things over to my granddaughter. She is projecting that everything should be in place by early February. I have a lot of plans for indoor and outdoor gardening and being able to get some things done in my wood-shop. I have materials gathered for several projects and will finally have the time to do them.

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